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Heavy is essentially Kiese Laymon’s open letter to his mother, and its title is the running theme. Laymon candidly lays down his decades-long struggle with his own weight but he also discusses the weight he carries as a black man, inclusive of the legacies of those who came before him and the futures of those who will succeed him. I think @npr said it best: “It is about the jagged, uneven road to becoming a writer and a man; it is a chronicle of daily confrontations with the twin assaults of American racism and America’s weight-obsessed culture.” Laymon writes in second person to address his brilliant academic mother and her conviction that education would insulate him, but he also writes unflinchingly about how their relationship was fraught with violence. He also articulates the highs and lows of his relationships with other people, other experiences, and other things.
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There are anecdotes on sexual abuse and tenderness; on violence and love; on unhealthy addictions and self-acceptance; on power and vulnerability; on violence and love; on white privilege and black abundance. Layman records his own history––it is both personal and political as he situates himself amid bigger entities and collective realities. No summary I write will do justice in encapsulating the weight and significance that this book holds. I can’t recommend it enough.
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“We all broken,” I said. “Some broken folk do whatever they can not to break other folk. If we’re gone be broken, I wonder if we can be those kind of broken folk from now on. I think it’s possible to be broken and ask for help without breaking other people.”
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“But I felt like we spent much of our time teaching them how to respect where we’d been, and they spent much of their time punishing us for teaching them how we deserved to be treated.”
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Currently listening to Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou and highlighting my favorite passages. It’s always so moving to hear her breathe life into her work ♥️

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🍁【LOVE CURRY】🍁
Author -Pankaj Dubey
Pages-224
Gerne: fiction
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My ratings: 5🌟
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🍁(REVIEW)🍁
Three flat mates in London begin to see how different their lives are and at the same time how similar their backgrounds.And when life begins to deal its rough cards, how easy things become when they are all together!
Ali is a Pakistani chef with the dream of setting up his own nihari restaurant. Shehzad is a cool tattoo artist from Bangladesh with a broken past and Rishi is an Indian with nondescript skills and trying to hide himself from the world.
They all make one mistake—that of falling in love—with the same girl. But when their worlds turn topsy-turvy, they have no one but each other to turn to, learning that love is as much about letting go as it is about possessing. 🌿 This is a different love story book by simply telling it straight with some amazing flourishes that can only be achieved with realistic manner.
🌿 All the characters are portrayed fairly, and even the story is the testimony of honesty.
🌿 here's the story begins with a soft note, adding texture to the storyline.
🌿 author not only tried to highlight the bond between three friends, but also he added some spices into it.
🌿 theme is pretty engaging and interesting, apart from that if there are chinks, there are some "aww" moments as well.
🌿 sometimes it feels monotonous but don't worry, this book will bring you joy. So give it a try.
#qotd: fish or meat? 🌼Review is on Goodreads and Amazon. Link in bio.
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